Uganda: Ongwen, who commanded Lord’s Army guilty of war crimes

Uganda: Ongwen, who commanded Lord’s Army guilty of war crimes

Uganda: Ongwen, who commanded Lord’s Army guilty of war crimes

Ex-Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen has been convicted of war crimes at the International Criminal Court.

Mr Ongwen, a feared commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), is the first member of the LRA to appear before the court.

He faced seven counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder and enslavement.

The charges all relate to an attack on a camp for internally displaced people in Uganda in 2004.

This case presented a dilemma to the court as he appeared to be both the victim and the alleged perpetrator. He said he was abducted by the LRA and forced to be a child soldier, before going on to rise up the ranks to become the deputy to LRA commander Joseph Kony.